The protection order came two days after Zach Smith received a a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespassing for dropping off the couple’s son at Courtney’s house instead of a pre-arranged location.Brett McMurphy’s intial report on Smith’s alleged abuse came out three days after Courtney filed for the protection order, and Smith was fired the same day.

Why Courtney Smith received a protection order against Zach Smith

It’s advisable to check out the full narrative provided in the document obtained by Deadspin, but here’s a quick list of the actions described by Courtney Smith that Zach allegedly did while the two were separated. Warning, the behavior described is disturbing:

Cornering her while doing laundry and trying to push her into sex while their children waited in the car

Using a webcam to spy on the family in the house

Hacking into her emails, wi-fi and remote access of her laptop

Leaving a burner phone in her car

Using social media messaging to threaten men she dated

Refusing to follow the shared parenting plan from the divorce because he believed she was unable to pay an attorney to enforce it

Sneaking into her boyfriend’s backyard when the family was eating dinner

Using the children’s iPads to track the family during trips and threatening to follow them if he didn’t approve of the destination

Taking covert pictures of the family from a distance

Looking into and trying to enter the family’s home at 1:30 a.m. while intoxicated

Threatening to have her boyfriend fired from his job

Constant harassing and threatening text messages and phone calls when he was unhappy

Keep in mind, this is not the complete list of allegations against Zach Smith. This is instead what Courtney claimed in order to receive a protection order and attempt to put an end to such alleged harassment.

Courtney Smith had earlier made statements surrounding her ex-husband’s physical abuse when she filed for divorce. Those records were reportedly sealed without Courtney’s consent, according to a report from McMurphy, “in order to protect certain businesses and personal interests which, if published, may negatively affect (Zach Smith’s) occupation.”

Ohio State assistant coach Zach Smith was fired the same day a report about his alleged domestic abuse was released. (Getty Images)

“It was toxic, by the end of it it just flat-out needed to end,” Smith said in the radio interview. “There’s a lot of aggressive situations and the only thing that is absolutely true is I’ve never committed domestic abuse against her. Now there’s times where things got out of hand and I had to defensively kind of restrain her and move her and get out of the situation and go sleep at the office or try to remove myself. That absolutely happened. So I don’t know when those pictures are from but all I know is what I’ve ever done in our relationship or in my life.”

Smith also claimed he learned of Ohio State’s investigation against him for the alleged abuse in 2015, and that he believed the school acted appropriately while investigating him and concluding he deserved no punishment. Courtney has since claimed she has never been contacted by Ohio State.